Posted on 10/12/2012 12:53:27 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Hollywood is known for being overwhelming left-of-center. From celebrity-led fundraisers supporting President Barack Obama's re-election campaign to incendiary rhetoric aimed against Republicans, the majority of Hollywood doesn't hide its liberal inclinations.
That being said, Tinseltown isn't completely devoid of GOP enthusiasts. While they comprise a very silent minority, right-of-center celebrities exist --- and some may even surprise you. While the following list is by no means a complete picture, it is a compilation of 10 of the most interesting and surprising actors and performers who reportedly consider themselves Republicans.
Actor Tony Danza is known for his popular role on the 1980s sitcom "Who's the Boss?," for his former talk show gig and for appearing in some popular feature films. But the New York City-born actor is also a Republican who may even have political ambitions of his own.
In fact, in a recent interview, he told The Wall Street Journal that he’s thought about running for NYC mayor:
Im of a certain age, and you see things, and you think maybe you could help, Danza said. You say: Let me fix the city. Let me run for Mayor. [...]
Danza declined to say which party hed run for, adding that hes never made a monetary contribution to a politician. The countrys been hoodwinked into thinking were supposed to do that, he said.
While he didn’t share his political persuasion, numerous outlets have reiterated his right-of-center views.
When she’s not slaying vampires, Buffy (also known as Sarah Michelle Gellar) is apparently donating to charity and…being a Republican (allegedly). Gather news writes, “It’s probably no surprise that Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Sarah Michelle Gellar is Republican. She‘s all about what is right in the world and fixing whatever’s wrong.”
While she’s purportedly right-minded, Gellar is reportedly tight-lipped about her political affiliation.
From “Everybody Loves Raymond” to “The Middle,” actress Patricia Heaton has been a television fixture for over a decade. The outspoken actress has made her pro-life views known, as she has often come out to publicly support anti-abortion causes (although she has also been openly supportive of gay marriage).
The actress is a fan of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, too. In July, POLITICO reported:
Actress Patricia Heaton thinks Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is pretty great.
Met Gov. Romney last nite – excellent human being, the star of ABCs The Middle tweeted on Tuesday.
Heaton is one of a few outspoken conservatives in Hollywood and regularly shares her political musings on Twitter.
While everyone may not love Heaton’s political views, she’s certainly a successful example of a political rarity in Hollywood.
Adam Sandler is a well-known comedian. He’s also a Republican who financially-supported 2008 presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani. Numerous media outlets have reported that Sandler is a registered GOPer. Like Heaton, he, too, has stated his support for gay marriage, a stance issue that tends to rile social conservatives.
Angie Harmon is a Republican and she’s apparently not afraid to show it. The star of “Rizzoli & Isles” spoke at the 2004 Republican National Convention. Naturally, she’s been more than open about her conservative views. In a 2011 interview, she spoke about the experience of “coming out” as a GOPer:
“Heres the thing about that. When I quote, unquote came out I had no idea I was doing something that was detrimental to my career. It never occurred to me. Im an American. Im going to have an opinion as everybody else does and I was asked a question. The fact that it was turned into that I was a gay hating racist was just heartbreaking. It was really horrible. The fact that most of my close friends are gay. After I quote unquote came out as a Republican, one of my dearest gay friends said to me, Youve got to go on a T.V. show and tell everyone you like gay people. I was like, Why? He was like, Because youre a Republican. I was like, Im sorry whos stereotyping who?”
Interestingly, Fox News‘ Bill O’Reilly made a guest appearance last season on ”Rizzoli & Isles.”
While there’s not much known about Heather Locklear and her Republicanism, the “Melrose Place” actress has been known, for years, to be right-of-center. Like Gellar, she’s tight-lipped about her views and hasn’t been quoted much speaking on-the-record about conservative values.
Zimio adds, “Heather Locklear has been known as a Republican for years, but is stubbornly quiet on the issue. She declined to participate in a 2004 documentary called ‘Rated R: Republicans in Hollywood,’ in which celebrity conservatives talked about being a cultural minority.”
Joan Rivers isn’t known for being a Hollywood sweetheart. That being said, the 79-year-old comedian and actress is, at least constitutionally-speaking, a Republican. New York Magazine has a few sentences that perfectly encapsulate her views:
Though she calls herself an independent and voted for Obama, she is constitutionally Republican. Friends with Nancy Reagan. Thinks we should just bomb the shit out of Iran. Ambivalent about feminism. Detests whining and victimhood and laziness. Hated Precious. I got very annoyed, she says. I thought, Oh, get a job! Stand up and get a job!
Despite voting for Obama, Rivers has agreed that his policies are unfair to the wealthy, telling POLITICO, I think if I work very hard, I should be able to gather the fruits of my labor. And I think if youre not about to work, you should get minimal and leave me alone. I think if you dont wear a helmet and you fall off your bike, you pay for the doctor.
Actor Bruce Willis has a penchant for small government. While he may not be on board with all (or most) GOP proposals, in 2006, he made his pseudo-conservatism known.
“I’m a Republican only as far as I want a smaller government, want less government intrusion,” he said, going on to make it clear, though, that he is not political. “I hate government. I’m apolitical. Write that down. I’m not a Republican.”
Willis did support George H.W. Bush in 1992 and President George W. Bush in 2000, but, today, he remains “apolitical.” In fact, he recently said that he doesn’t care who wins in the upcoming election and that GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney is an “embarrassment.” Still, he embraces right-of-center sentiment and, because of his smaller-government views, he qualifies for this list.
“90210′s” Shannen Doherty has been vocal about her Republican views in the past. ”I realize that the majority of people in the entertainment business happen to be Democrats. I have no problem with that. And they should have no problem with the fact that I’m a Republican,” she once said.
In a recent interview, Doherty proclaimed that, while she’s a conservative, she needs to believe in a candidate in order to cast a vote for him or her. The actress said that she supports people who are willing to “evoke change and to stand for something.” The actress is also passionate about educating students on what unfolded on September 11, 2001:
“…9/11 affected me, as it affected everybody in this country and most people around the world. It was horrific and scary, but it also elicited feelings of pride, camaraderie and patriotism. You saw a country pull together and support each other. It was one of the most beautiful things Ive bared witness to, while also being a horrific event with how many people were murdered on that day. My political mind comes into play being that Im confused as to why we dont have some form of a curriculum in our schools for teaching about that day.
I dont think its a day that should ever be forgotten. We certainly didnt forget about Pearl Harbor and we teach about Pearl Harbor. I dont see why 9/11 is any different, and its something I am going to be fighting for. In life, you have to get passionate and stand behind something and fight for it. It takes one person to evoke change, to start a movement to make the world a better place. Education is first and foremost, which is again, why I believe that 9/11 is something that should be taught about in school.”
While she was once known as a wild card and a Hollywood bad girl, Doherty is nowadays calling herself a conservative.
Perhaps the biggest surprise is rapper 50 Cent. In the past, he’s stated that he is, in fact, a Republican. Inquisitr writes, “Rapper 50 Cent allegedly leans to the right and once noted he would vote for President George W. Bush if it werent for his felony conviction.”
However, some outlets have shown that 50 Cent, though he once showed his love for the nation’s 43rd president, eventually soured on Bush. StarPulse.com has more:
The hip-hop star – real name Curtis Jackson - was a one-time fan of the political figure, telling interviewers in 2005, “I wanna…shake his hand and tell him how much of me I see in him.”
However the In Da Club hit maker has made a dramatic u-turn, accusing Bush of being cruel and heartless. He tells New York Magazine, “George Bush has a talent: he has less compassion than the average human. By all means, I don’t aspire to be like George Bush.” The President has lost public support in the polls in recent years following wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Either way, 50 Cent has shown his support for Republican ideals — a fascinating notion, considering his stature in the entertainment industry.
There you have it. Ten of the most fascinating (alleged) Republican celebrities.
I wonder if 50 Cents would ever run for town council of Farmington, CT (He owns an infamous house in the town).
Fitty Sents? Who new?!
Bad list.
Affleck is a major league democrat.
Yeah sigh... She openly said she supported Bush
Well that was around the time she was making out with Madonna so maybe she misunderstood the question...
These aren’t ‘surprising’. This list is well known.
Ted Nugent is a Conservative? Who would ever have guessed that?
Nope, 50 has been very outspoken against Obama. I don't think he spoke out for McCain but he made sure people knew he didn't like Obama. (he was a big Bush fan).
Not much difference between 20 million and 30 million in standard of living.
Laura Bush has improved with age, imho, and Nancy Reagan, hung in there well past her prime. I guess it’s because they refused the Kool-Aid.
His daughter Angelina Jolie Is a Registered Independent but she is not a fan of Obama this round (her SO Brad Pitt is a devoted lefty)
However my BIL works as a Costume maker in the movies (he worked on John Adams the HBO series and is credited as a Milner plus many other big Movies including Avengers)
We recently visited him on Location in NOLA and he was doing a movie that Pitt was doing (can't remember the name but it was about a free black man that was forced into slavery in colonial times in the NOLA area)
MY BIL had to fit Brad for his costumes and it took several hours to get it all done so he had to spend a good deal of time in chitchat with him.
They spoke of politics and my BIL was surprised to hear Brad say that Jolie and he were Polar opposites on Politics and he said she was rubbing off on him a bit. But he still was going to support Obama.
My BIL got to meet Ms. Jolie and several of their kids and they talked about their project they were doing in NOLA to help restore some of the homes the got wiped out near the French Quarter (they talked while he was fitting Brad) they have a home their and are restoring it and using their own money to fund the project to help others. (He said she only revealed that part after he asked if it was a federal project or a state project.) He said they were both some of the most polite people he had ever worked with they even asked permission if the kids could watch while he fitted Brad.
On the other hand he told me he had worked with Ben Stiller and he said the guy was such a big ass and overbearing and demanding that he and two other costumers pulled out of the movie and won't work for him ever again.
So is according to the list:
ex GB Packers QB Bart Starr
ex QB Steve Young
George Brett (baseball great!)
Larry the Cable Guy
Dick Butkus
Don Shula
Lee Greenwood
Bobby Knight
Bobby Valentine (ex Red Sox manager)
Gerald McRaney
Carlos Beltrane
Steve Wilkos
Jim Nabors
Craig T. Nelson
and
Bobby Bowden (the second winningest FB Coach)
Sophia Loren
look up Gracemarie Serafina, she’s conservative.
Hey, a guy can dream .. Throw a butterfly ballot at him and see how smart he is.
His kids will bear the burden of his vote.
Hollywood’s best work is being outsourced these days anyway so why not their votes.
Shirley you jest. In 04 he was the John Kerry (who served in Vietnam) campaign mascot.
Some of the recent public endorsements or likely supporters for Mitt Romney from Hollywood and the like have been:
Stacy Dash
Jenna Jameson
Lindsay Lohan
Hulk Hogan
Gene Simmons
Rachel Hunter
A Rapper named Shyne
Chuck Woolery
Pat Sajax
Robin Leach
Chuck Norris
Kristi Yamaguchi
Melissa Joan Hart
John Elway
Mike Rowe
Vince McMahon
Sara Evans
Kid Rock
Gretchen Wilson
Heidi Montag
Trace Adkins
Gary Sinise
Scott Hamilton
Danny Aiello
Terry fator
Ted Nugent
Donny and Marie Osmond
Donald Trump and Wife Melanie
Jack Nicklaus
George Brett
Curt Schilling
Dale Murphy
David Foster
Buzz Bissinger
Burgess Owens
David Zucker
Dennis Miller
Chris Everett
Jerry Bruckheimer
Dan Jansen
Dawyne The Rock Johnson
Michael Lucas
Rachel Campos-Duffy
Drew Carrey
Clint Eastwood
Jon Voight
Russell Crowe
Kathy Ireland
Natalie Coughlin
Cindy Crawford
Sylvester Stallone
Kelsey Grammer
Lauren Conrad
Adam Sandler
Candace Cameron
Kirk Cameron
Julianne Hough
Kirstie Alley
Janine Turner
Suzanne Somers
Pat Boone
Ronnie Milsap
Lee Greenwood
John Rich
Stephen Baldwin
Adam Baldwin
Lacy Chabert
Jeff Foxworthy
Vince Vuaghn
Victoria Jackson
Lynyrd Skynyrd frontman Johnny Van Zant
Leann Tweeden
Tina Sloan
Susan Lucci
Ted Nugent
Ivanka Trump
Randy Owen
Brad Pitt’s mother
Former Miss America Lauren Nelson
Former Miss USA Shandi Finnessey
Dean Cain
Lynn Swann
Tom Selleck
Tony Danza
Cheryl Ladd
Craig T. Nelson
Meatloaf
Alice Cooper
Greg Anthoney
John Smoltz
Danny Ainge
Mike Sweeney
Todd Heap
Merril Hoge
Lou Holtz
Andy Reid
Barret Swatek
Paul Sorvino
Vin Scully
Heather Locklear
Shannen Doherty
Kylie Bisutti
Gail O’Grady
Kevin Sorbo
Angie Harmon
Kellie Pickler
Laura Prepon
Emma Caulfield
Hilary Duff
Taylor Swift
Nick Lachey
Sammy Hagar
Wayne Newton
Tony Orlando
Amy Grant
Michael W. Smith
Vince Gill
Martina McBride
Reba McEntire
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